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Originally Posted by BigAls87Z28
LX and LY are substandard compared to Zeta. Zeta is ready for mass production in the revised Oshawa plant. If we are going to say that the better platform is the one for mass production, then FWD is the way to go as its easier to package, and neither Zeta, LX/Y or Sigma would be a good choice to replace a high volume line.
BUT, GM has a massive plant in Oshawa designed to build 500k units, and all it has right now is 100k of Camaro and whats left of Impala.
Zeta has been shown to outperform the LX cars time after time, and the new Camaro will seal the deal that Zeta can provide a better more flexible platform capable of several wheel base lengths and dimensions over the one size fits all LX cars.
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1. There are two different size wheelbases for the LX/LC cars, and three different body lengths...
2. Zeta is NOT ready for mass production. All they have signed up in Oshawa is the Camaro, and that's going to be about 50,000 units in 2009? And it's not even in production yet.
3. How do you know LY is substandard to zeta if it isn't even out yet?
4. We have zeta on one car right now--that's built all the way around the world, and you're acting like GM can flip a switch in the Oshawa plant and produce the 200,000 LX/LC cars that are currently being made in Brampton PLUS the 60,000 Camaros.
GM needs cash now. It can't afford to wait for the next product cycles. GM needs a high volume, high profit vehicle line. Zeta isn't there yet, and LX/LC is. Simple as that.